IRAN CONTRA COVER UP NETWORK

This covers the George H.W. Bush CIA operations to the Iran Contra cover up during his
vice presidency and presidency. This network emerged out of the Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs
and JFK assassination. Iran Contra was a continuation of these dark events / eras of US
history largely because it is the same evolving group of people behind them.

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 PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH
After his election to the presidency in 1989, he pardoned Elliott Abrams, Duane Clarridge,
Alan Fiers, Jr., Clair George,
Robert McFarlane, and Caspar Weinberger. These pardonings quashed the investigations
into the Iran Contra Affair. This let Bush cover up any involvement he had in Iran Contra and
other connected scandals.
During the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Zapata under Bush allowed its
oil rigs to be used as listening posts. Zapata was "a part time purchasing front for the Central
Intelligence Agency.
As director of the CIA, Bush oversaw Operation Condor. that led to genocides in South
America. involving nationalist death squads organized by the CIA. This continued into El
Salavador, Nicaragua and Guatemola. Alternative funding
was required to continue the support under Reagan after an arms embargo was placed on
Iran. Funds from weapon sales were being used to finance operations in Latin America.
Illegal weapon sales were in black ops to continue financing the Contras.
During Iran Contra investigations by Congress, head of the investigation Democratic
Congressman Lee H. Hamilton ruled out any investigations into then VP George H.W. Bush..
His Involvement in the Contra Wars dates back to 1982 conspiring with CIA chief William
Casey as part of covert operations code-named Black Eagle, which masked its operations
by relying on Mossad to acquire weapons to ship to Central America. Panamanian airfields
and companies were used as fronts, once the arms were delivered drugs were then loaded
onto the empty planes and flown to the United States. The CIA-Medillin Cartel drug deal was
allegedly struck by Barry Seal.
According to Doug Valentine, in 1981 Bush authorized veterans of the Phoenix program to
initiate a ‘Pink Plan’ terror war against Central American insurgents. These became known
as the CIA death squads.
Bonesman.
 TED SHACKLEY
30 year CIA veteran.
Involved in covert operations including Phoenix Program, Bay of Pigs and Black Eagle.
Headed a team of covert assassins.
Linked to many assassinations including the JFK assassination.
Met with Iranaian General Manucher Hashemi, the former head of SAVAK’s counter intel
division, in Hamburg W.Germany in Nov ‘84. There he was introduced to Manucher
Ghorbanifar. They discussed a deal involving selling weapons to Iran in exchange for help
freeing hostages in the regions including William Francis Buckley a member of Shackley’s
assassin team operating in Beirut. Shackley denied any involvement in weapon sales to Iran
or supplying funds for the contras.
He discussed the hostage issue with Michael Ledeen resulting in a proposed deal
from Ghorbanifar being passed to Ledeen who forwarded it to Oliver North, staff
officer of the National Security Council responsible for counter-terrorism.
Conspiracy expert Trowbridge H. Ford believes Shackley oversaw the assassination
of Hamburg’s CDU leader Uwe Barschel was also part of a operation known as
‘Waterkant-Gate’ to discredit Barschel as he had knowledge of the meeting with
Hashemi and Ghorbanifar as well as illegal weapon transfers. Victor Ostrovsky
claims Mossad carried out the assassination. It wouldn’t be surprising knowing
CIA-Mossad relationship in covert operations such as Black Eagle during this time.
Old friend of General Richard Secord whom he was allegedly involved with moving
drug money from covert operations into private accounts they had access to.
 DONALD GREGG
National Security Advisor to VP George H.W. Bush (1982-89)
CIA veteran of over 30 years. Involved in operation linked to the Phoenix Program as CIA
station chief in Saigon.
CIA gatekeeper responsible for responding to the Pike Committee
investigating illegal activity of the CIA and FBI.
Managed the finances and operations for the Contras.

In some very disturbing revelations made by Henry Vinson, who operated a homosexual
escort service, Gregg is named as a frequent client of the service and sought 18 year old
males for sex.

Furthermore a homosexual lobbyist, Craig J. Spence was investigated by the Secret

Service, the District of Columbia Police and the United States Attorney's Office for suspected
credit card fraud. Spence had also been linked to a White House guard who has said he
accepted an expensive watch from Mr. Spence and allowed him and friends to take
late-night White House tours.

Spence entered a downward spiral in the wake of a Washington Times exposé, increasingly
involving himself with call boys and crack, and culminating in his July 31, 1989 arrest at the
Barbizon Hotel on East 63rd St in Manhattan for criminal possession of a firearm and
criminal possession of cocaine.

Months after the scandal had died down, and a few weeks before Spence was found dead
(suicide) in a room of the Boston Ritz-Carlton Hotel, he was asked who had given him the
"key" to the White House. Michael Hedges and Jerry Seper of The Washington Times
reported that "Mr. Spence hinted the tours were arranged by 'top level' persons", including
Donald Gregg, national security adviser to Vice President George H. W. Bush at the time the
tours were given.

Gregg obviously denied the allegations. No other source of the "key" has been revealed.

FELIX RODRIGUEZ
Anti-Castro Cuban from a wealthy family of Cubansin exile in Florida. Joined Cuban exiles in
Guatemalasupported by the CIA to receive military training.
He was then used in the Bay of Pigs invasion as a paramilitary operations officer of the CIA’s
Special Activities Division.
In 1967 he was recruited to hunt down Che Guevara who he captured and later executed as
requested by the CIA’s backed Bolivian president. In 1969 he enlisted in the US Army
serving in Vietnam.
During the Phoenix program Felix reported to Shackley.
He was supervised by Donald Gregg who oversaw CIA operations in Vietnam. Gregg would
later introduce Felix to George H.W. Bush in 1985 during the Iran-Contra affair. Felix
handled arm flights to Central America and negotiated with military commanders on behalf of
the CIA and was in frequent contact with Bush’s office in the White House.
 GENERAL RICHARD SECORD
USAF officer with a notable career in covert operations.
Detained to the CIA for duty in the Secret War in Laos. as well the Phoenix Program.
Managed all US military assistance to the Iranians 1972-75
Secord made $2 million on arms transactions when he went into business with Albert Hakim
becoming President of Stanford Technology Trading Group International whom illegally sold
arms to Iran during Reagan’s presidency.
Hakim negotiating a 9-point plan known as the Hakim Accords in which he negotiated the
release of David P. Jacobsen, an American hostage held by Iran.
Involved in Operation Tipped Kettle were PLO weapons seized by Israel were transferred to
the Contras. OTK was a precursor to Iran-Contra logistic operations.
Pleaded guilty for illegal arms sale to Iran and lying to congress.
 NESTOR SANCHEZ
Veteran CIA officer that participated in CIA’s death squad operations
Ikle’s main adviser on Central America unil Jan ‘87.
Worked closely with General Richard Secord to aid the Contra effort.
Along with Fred Ikle, he provided exiled US backed Contra General Alvarez with $100,000.
Both Sanchez and Ikle were part of a team deciding US policy on Nicaragua.

FRED IKLÉ
 Swiss Born Jew
Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
(1973–77), before becoming Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Department of Defense's Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Director of the National Endowment for Democracy.
Part of the Board of 208 Committee that planned covert operations and also headed a
Pentagon ‘special coordination staff’ that supplies weapons and transportation for CIA
operations.
Advocated a strong militant line against the Sandinistas.
Republican Senators believed that he fired a former aide in order to prevent
the Iran arms deal leaking to Congress.
Iklé is credited with a key role in increasing U.S. aid to the mujahideen in the Soviet–Afghan
War. He successfully proposed and promoted the
idea of supplying the rebels with anti-aircraft Stinger missiles, overcoming CIA opposition.

OLIVER NORTH
Claimed partial responsibility for the sale of weapons (2000 anti-tank missiles) through Israel
to Iran, in exchange for Iranian assistance in freeing American hostages.
The profits from the sales were channeled to the Contras in Nicaragua. He was responsible
for establishing a covert network which subsequently funneled those funds to the Contras
In an August 23, 1986 e-mail to National Security Advisor John Poindexter, North
described a meeting with a representative of Panamanian General Manuel Noriega: "You will
recall that over the years Manuel Noriega in Panama and I have developed a fairly good
relationship," North writes before explaining Noriega's proposal. If U.S. officials can "help
clean up his image" and lift the ban on arms sales to the Panamanian Defense Force,
Noriega will "'take care of' the Sandinista leadership for us."
 North told Poindexter that General Noriega could assist with sabotage against the
ruling party of Nicaragua, the Sandinista National Liberation Front. North supposedly
suggested that Noriega be paid $1 million in cash from Project Democracy funds raised from
the sale of U.S. arms to Iran for the Panamanian leader's help in destroying
Nicaraguan economic installations.
Used National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty (NEPL) which was a shell
company to provide funds and support the for the Contras fighting the Sandinista
government.

NELSON BUNKER HUNT

Son of oil tycoon Howard L. Hunt.
A member of the famed Texan Hunt Brothers.
Financed the Contra effort via National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty (NEPL)
which was a shell company used by Oliver North to provide funds
and support the for the Contras fighting the Sandinista government.
One of the main sponsors of the Western Goals Foundation founded by General John
Singlaub.
Former president of the CNP and member of the JBS.
Has many links to the CIA including people deeply involved in the assassination of JFK.
Bred horses with the Queen of England.
 GENERAL JOHN SINGLAUB
Highly decorated OSS officer
Founding member of the CIA
Founder of the Western Goals Foundation, a private intelligence network
implicated in supplying weapons to the Contras.
Being an expert in jungle warfare he helped to train Contras.
Following a ‘visit’ to Guatemala as part of the American Security Coucil (another private right
wing intelligence network) he called for “sympathetic understanding of the death squads’.
Upon return to Guatemala he told his audience that help was on the way in the form of
Ronald Reagan. Previous Singlaub had formed a pact with Shackley and others to get
Jimmy Carter out of office. Singlaub pointed out that Ronald Reagan "recognizes that a good
deal of dirty work has to be done" in order to destroy communism in Guatemala. Death
squad activity in Guatemala increased dramatically following the trip.
He admitted that he set up a series of meetings between Menachem Meron, the director
general of Israel’s Military of Defense with Oliver North and General Richard Secord.
 ROBERT MAXWELL
Media mogul - owner of the Mirror Group.
Father of Ghislaine Maxwell.
Dubbed ‘Israel’s Super Spy’ by author Gordon Thomas who also stated Maxwell was
sexuallycompromised by Mossad.
Maxwell greatly assisted in the arming of Jewish terrorist orgs via Czechoslovakia after
WW2.
A Soviet Zionist agent according to the FBI. A key player in the international scene
often used as a backchannel of communication between Israel, UK, USA and Soviet Union.
Maxwell is also linked to the Jewish/Russian mafia figure Simon Mogilevich.
Using Senator John Tower, Maxwell sold the Israeli backdoored version of PROMIS
software (that was stolen from the DoJ by an Israeli spy) for use at Los Alamos. One of
themost sensitive sites in the United States.
According to Gordon Thomas and other evidence, Maxwell was a handler of John Tower
used him as a political tool. Tower was allegedly sexually compromised and had a drinking
problem.
Maxwell was connected to Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashioggi. Both were part of the
Outhwaite syndicate and used a powerful PR firm Hill and Knowlton. Maxwell also
purchased his yacht from Adnan's brother.
 SEN. JOHN TOWER
Led the Tower Commission, officially known as the President’s Special Review
Board, was part of a whitewash for the Iran-Contra affair – which Tower had
personal connections to, along with a pivotal role in the 1980 “October Surprise”.
In fact, in exchange for whitewashing the affair, Tower was allegedly to be
rewarded with the nomination to become Secretary of Defense.
An FBI memo from 1988 reveals that they were investigating allegations that
Tower had been approached by a representative of the Khomeini regime in 1980
about supplying Iran with replacement parts for planes, planes which would be
used in Iran’s war with Iraq.
The meeting being referred to was the infamous L’Enfant Plaza meeting, which is
one of the well-documented aspects of the October Surprise lead-up. The short
version is that at least one representative from Iran approached Senator Tower
about replacement parts for American F-14s in Iran, and the possibility of releasing
the hostages. Senator Tower had his then aide, Robert “Bud” McFarlane handle the
issue and meet with the individual to determine his credibility. McFarlane brought
several people with him to the meeting at L’Enfant Plaza, including Richard V. Allen.
Tower would later deny any knowledge of the meeting to the FBI and omitted any
mention of his arms dealing brother-in-law, Samuel Cummings.
President George H. W. Bush would later nominate Tower as his nominee for
Secretary of Defense. Bush’s nomination was rejected by the Senate. After the
defeat, Tower chaired the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.
According to author Gordon Thomas in his book Robert Maxwell-Israel’s Superspy,
Tower is depicted as a corrupt puppet handled by billionaire Robert Maxwell.
He is also accused of petitioning for Mossad’s version of enhanced PROMIS
 software with built in a backdoor to be adopted by the US government’s Los Alamos
Laboratories, thus making Israel's Mossad privy to the innermost secrets of American atomic
energy programs.
Appointed Robert “Bud” McFarlane to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
According to Gyeorgos C. Hatonn in his book ‘Missing the Lifeboat?’ and Gary Wean
in his book ‘There’s a Fish in the Courthouse’, claim Tower handed vital documents
to Wean, Sheriff Bill Decker and Audie Murphy shortly after the JFK assassination
that revealed the identities of the assassins.
Tower died in the 1991 Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 crash.

SAMUEL CUMMINGS
Brother-in-law of John Tower.
Founded the International Armament Corporation (also known as Interarms or Interarmco) in
1953, a company which came to dominate the free world market in private arms sales.
Recruited in 1950 by the Central Intelligence Agency as a weapons expert.
Although he claims to have never sold arms to Iran publicly, he told interviewers that he had
kept in touch with Iranian arms buyers for years so that he would be in position to do
business with them should the political situation change. It is important to note that the
weapons sold to Iran were sold via Israel.
The Iranians' "buy orders," submitted to Interarms' offices in Manchester, England, have
included TOW antitank missiles, the same weapon they were purchasing from the U.S.
government through the assistance of former National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Oliver L.
North. Cummings distanced himself from the Iran-Contra affair by criticizing the operation as
‘amateurish’ and implied he would have done
things more professionally, if he ran the operation. He suggests he would have used
England as the intermediary instead of Israel and would have also done it for a lot less
money.
General Secord let slip a hint of Cummings’ involvement in Iran-Contra when, during the
Iran-Contra hearings, he thought a reference to Colonel Dan Cummings relating to arms
 transfers referred instead to Sam Cummings. More significantly, Lt. General Robert
Schweitzer, who had held senior positions on the NSC and in the Pentagon, named
Cummings as having been involved in the transfer of arms during the same hearings.
According to Leslie Cockburn, Cummings “did a lot of work for the CIA and had no
problem supplying both sides” of a conflict.

BRENT SCOWCROFT
National Security Advisor under Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush
Military assistant to Nixon. Deputy Ass. to Kissinger (then Nat. Security Advisor)
Served on President’s Foreign Intelligance Advisory Board under George W Bush.
Graduate of Columbia University. Serves on the Advisory Board of Columbia’s
School of International and Public Affairs.
Vice-chair of Kissinger Associates
Founder and President of The Forum for International Policy think tank.
Co-chair of Aspen Strategy Group with Joseph Nye.
Member of the Trilateral Commission, CFR, CSIS, and Atlantic Council.
Served on the President’s Special Review Board (Tower Commission investigating
Iran-Contra) which was a whitewash investigation.
Co-wrote ‘A World Transformed’ with George H.W. Bush.
 LEE H. HAMILTON
Chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert
Arms Transactions with Iran (1987),.
Chose not to investigate President Ronald Reagan or President George H. W. Bush. This
allowed Bush to cover up his involvement and then pardon the guilty parties once he
became president. This quashed investigations intothe Iran-Contra affair.
He then went on to chair the House October Surprise Task Force inquiry into the
October Surprise which was a follow up to John Tower’s Tower Committee cover
up of Iran-Contra. His conclusion was that "there was virtually no credible evidence
to support the accusations." Completing the cover up of the meeting at L’Enfant
Plaza.
Later Hamilton became the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission.
On February 25, 2011, Hamilton wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to
commute Jonathan Pollard's sentence to time served.
Hamilton is an Advisory Board member and Co-Chair for the Partnership for a
Secure America.
Adviser to Congress on Iraq.
 WILLIAM BARR
77th & 85th US Attorney General
Jewish born Catholic convert
Columbia University graduate.
First stint as Attorney General was during the George H.W. Bush
presidency. During which time he was consulted heavily in regards to the
pardoning of persons involved in the Iran-Contra scandal. He supported and approved all
pardons.
Helped to cover up the Inslaw scandal by appointing stooge judge
Nicholas Bau as special counsel to oversee the investigation. Bua found the DoJ of no
wrong doing despite the fact they stole PROMIS software from Inslaw.
Military and prison industrial complex shill. Verizon shill.
CIA agency liasion in the 1970’s.
Donald Trump’s Attorney General to oversee the Mueller investigation.
Donated $55k to Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign.
 ROBERT 'BUD' MCFARLANE
In 1979, he was appointed by U.S. Senator John Tower to the staff of the
Senate Armed Services Committee, where he was responsible for staffing
Senate consideration of the SALT II Treaty from 1979 to 1981.
He also authored much of Ronald Reagan's foreign policy platform during
the 1980 presidential campaign.
Following that assignment, he returned to the White House and was
appointed President Reagan's National Security Advisor.
 MICHAEL LEDEEN
Jewish American
Longterm Neocon operative.
Former consultant to the United States National Security Council, the US Department of
State, and the US Department of Defense. He has also served as a special adviser to the
US Secretary of State.
AEI, CSIS, JINSA, ISI Enterprise.
Involved in many disinformation operations. Played a significant role in the
Iran-Contra affair working as a consultant of National Security Advisor
Robert C. McFarlane. Ledeen vouched for Iranian intermediary Manucher
Ghorbanifar. In addition, he met with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres,
officials of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Central Intelligence Agency to
arrange meetings with high-ranking Iranian officials, whereby U.S supported
Iranians would be given weapons by Israel.

CASPAR WEINBERGER
Disgraced Secretary of Defense
Was found to be participating in the transfer of US Hawk and TOW missiles to Iran via Israel
and was a central figure in the Iran-Contra affair.
Pardoned by George H. W. Bush
Promoted Douglas Feith in 1984, to deputy assistant secretary of defense for negotiations
policy.
Former VP and general counsel of Bechtel Corp.
 ELLIOTT ABRAMS
Jewish American
Special Assistant to the President (George W Bush)
Senior Director on the National Securirty Council for the Near East and North African Affairs.
Promoted to Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy.
Downplayed the hundreds of deaths at El Mozote committed by the El Saladorian Army
claiming
the reports "were not credible," and that "it appears to be an incident that is at least being
significantly misused, at the very best, by the guerrillas."
The massacre had come at a time when the Reagan administration was attempting to
bolster the human rights image of the El Salvadorian military as the US were funding their
government.
Abrams was also involved in attempting to set up back channel funding of rebels in
Nicaragua.
Abrams cooperated with Iran-Contras investigators entering into a plea agreement wherein
he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress.
This was after investigators prepared pushing for multiple felony charges against Abrams.
He was pardoned by President George H. W. Bush.
Abrams had advance knowledge of, and "gave a nod to," the Venezuelan coup attempt of
2002 against Hugo Chávez.Worked as a staffer on Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson's brief
campaign for the 1976 Democratic Party presidential nomination
Married to Rachel Decter, the stepdaughter of Norman Podhoretz until her death.
Appointed as Special Envoy to Venezuela by President Donald Trump.
CFR, PNAC, Center for Security Policy, Committee on the Present Danger
 MANUCHER GHORBANIFAR
Legendary arms dealer, infamous intelligence fabricator, and central figure in the Iran-Contra
Affair that almost brought down the Reagan administration.
Met with Ted Shackley to dicuss a deal involving arms sales to Iran in exchange for help
freeing hostages in the region.
Head of Iran’s European intelligence desk after the Iranian revolution.
Mossad and SAVAK agent. He was a liason between Israel and Iran a crucial part of the
back channel during Iran-Contra.
Source of a story that a 'Libyan hit squad' was in the U.S. to assassinate the president
Ronald Reagan. This disinfo was used to inflamed public sentiment against Libya.
Ledeen vouched for him despite having two CIA "burn notices" issued on him, meaning
agency officers are not to deal with him. This led to secret meeting with Weinberger, Ledeen,
McFarlane resulting in a arms deal.